The Tennessean‘s editorial board expresses its skepticism about traffic in and out of the proposed May Town Center in Bells Bend in a topic debate on Sunday’s upcoming editorial page. The newspaper sees the ambitious project as a potential economic boost but questions the site, saying, Even with a six-lane bridge across the river, it doesn’t take long to […]

Pat Emery, a developer who has been instrumental in the growth of Williamson County’s Cool Springs, has endorsed the controversial May Town Center proposal for Nashville’s Bells Bend area. In a letter today to Metro Planning Director Rick Bernhardt, Emery wrote, “Davidson County lacks a large campus-style setting, and May Town Center would fill that […]

The Metro Planning Commission has posted a study of the traffic impact of the controversial May Town Center mixed-use development proposal for Bells Bend. The commission also said in a news release that it “will discuss public hearing schedules and other procedures related to the May Town Center application at noon Wednesday, May 20, in […]

The developers of the controversial May Town Center proposal in rural West Nashville will talk about how they’ve changed their zoning application during a Metro Planning Commission workshop on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Metro Southeast, 1417 Murfreesboro Pike. Master developer Tony Giarratana said the commission won’t take any votes after the “briefing” on the […]

Tennessee State University looks forward to using its Bells Bend land. Some Bells Bend residents are pressing the case for the proposed May Town Center development there. And now Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper has opined that a bill that would restrict development in mostly rural communities – apparently drafted by Sen. Douglas Henry with […]